𝐀 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 the candles flame flickering / * i am out with lanterns looking for myself . something lost that can no longer be found ( innocence faded in the darkness , a death laid among the grass , a house stained with the blood of angels . and this : me , rising slowly , an existence that should not have happened ) a paradox of all things / 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙚 / such brutality , such violence . dig your hands into this hallowed earth , begging to feel the memories of life’s resurrection in your soul . but there is nothing , only smoke & ash , only the slow ebb of a tide receding into oblivion , only the darkness . 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 , 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭 . extinguished , yet forging onward . perhaps it is the ache ---- the hollowness , that forces us to continue . the need to feel & to be felt , to be seen , to exist , to have our names etched into the backs of teeth so that those who come after may never forget . ( but i exist to no one , i am what is hidden / i am what can never be found . god watches / 𝙞 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 ) that is what will remember me . the name spills free / like glass shattering , like a star collapsing , i am forced into the narrative . seen , for once . * 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞 ? his eyes burn as they meet her / the city is a roar , it claws at his skin , desperate to tear him apart as the people press on all sides . nervous , undone , perhaps fearful . he flinches away , steps reeled backwards perhaps too fast for the human eye . a deep breath / words dragged violently through the grit of his teeth , a cornered animal turned feral , shoulders rising like the hackles raised on a predator . ❝ i don’t like it here , get me away . ❞ // @killerot